Reshef: Gong pods include PM, UX, fractional roles, and 5-7 engineers
Elan Reshef · Inside Gong: How teams work with design partners, their pod structure, autonomy, trust, and more · Jan 2, 2025 · at 6:03
Elan Reshef is the co-founder and Chief Product Officer of Gong. He explains the company's long-standing cross-functional pod organizational model.
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“So up until now, we have this pod structure, product manager UX, fractional writing, fractional analyst, and then a team leader from an engineering standpoint, following five to, I'd say, seven engineers.”
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